Typewriter desk for use with dictaphone transcribing devices



1940- .1. s. BURDICK EIAL 2,220,475

TYPEWRITER DESK FOR USE WITH DICTAPHONE TRANSCRIBING DEVICES Filed March 10, 1939 13 55. 20 :12

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Patented Nov. 5, 1940 UNITED STATES Shaw-Walker Company, Muskegon, Mich., a corporation of ,Michigan Application March 10, 1939, Serial No. 260,946

1 Claim. (C1. 45-90) This invention relates to typewriter desks and especially to those designed for use with transcribing devices of dictaphone sets, and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more a particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Heretofore an independent stand or table has been provided for the support of the transcribing device of a dictaphone set. Such stand is placed in the neighborhood of the typewriter desk at m which the transcribing operator sits. It includes cords by which it is connected to the electric circuit by which it is operated; cords connecting the device to the ear pieces; and cords connected to the switches by which the operator starts,

, stops or reverses the feed of the cylinder on the transcriber. Obvious disadvantages are inherent in such a stand or support. It occupies floor space. It is in the road of the operator when moving to or from the desk. And the several cords are apt to be tripped over and disengaged from their sockets.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved typewriter desk with a unit comprising a base for the transcribing device of a dictaphone 5 set spaced back of and in convenient association with the typewriter platform, and having storage compartments for dictaphone recording cylinders located for ready access by the operator, with enclosed space for the cords which are thereby concealed from view and disposed out of the way so as not to interfere with the movements of the operator of the typewriter.

The advantages of the invention will appear more fully as we proceed with our specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved typewriter desk, with the novel unit for supporting the transcribing device.

Figure 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale showing the unit for the support of the transcribing device mounted on the typewriter platform, with parts broken away to show the concealed electric cords and their connections.

Referring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing: 3 indicates the typewriter desk; 4, the top thereof; 5 and 5 indicate laterally spaced pedestals, and 1 indicates the typewriter platform supported below the desk top 4 and extending between and fixed to the pedestals 5 and 6 in the familiar manner. Ii] indicates the unit for supporting the transcribing device. It consists of an elongated, low, rectangular hollow base ll of length and breadth to receive the transcribing device and of upright open compartment members [2, I3 fixed to the ends of said base. The unit I!) as a whole is mounted on the typewriter platform at the rear of the same and occupies substantially the entire length of the space between the pedestals. The compartment member l2 has a plurality of shelves l4 5 placed in vertical spaced relation, and each shelf is formed to present parallel open top troughs M there being, as shown, two such troughs on each shelf l4. Said troughs are formed transversely to receive and support the recording cylinders 10 which are to be inserted in the dictaphone transcribing device (not shown) in a well known manner.

The compartment 13 has like shelves l4 comprised of similar open troughs M Preferably, and as illustrated, the compartment l3 has an open front vertically extending compartment [5 at one side of the cylinder compartment which may be used for envelopes and paper to be used by the operator of the typewriter. 0

The unit I0 is disposed on the typewriter platform back of the space I6 to be occupied by the typewriter and rises above the level of the desk top A as shown in Figure 1. It is not necessary to secure the unit Ill to the platform I, said unit resting on and being retained in proper position by its own weight.

The electric cords or cables are disposed as follows, as best shown in Figure 2: I1 indicates 30 the power line cord which is to be connected to the transcribing device for operating it. Said cord, as shown, is led by a hole 13 through the side wall I3 of the compartment member 13, then along the inner face of said wall to a hole 35 l 3 whence it passes into the space enclosed within the hollow base II. There it is provided with a plug l3 to be applied to a wall socket l3. I8 indicates an electric cord or cable which connects the transcribing device to a foot control I9 passes down through a hole 20 in the top of the 50 hollow base ll, then through a hole 20' in the top wall of the typewriter platform I, thence horizontally below said top wall through a hole 29 in the front flange 1 of said platform, thence above said latform, being connected at 20 with the branches which are adapted to be connected to the ear pieces (not shown).

It will be noted by an examination of Figure 2 that the hollow base H is open at the bottom as indicated at I l and that ample space is provided therein above the platform 1 for the disposition of surplus lengths of the cords or cables when necessary. The wall socket l3 will be connected in the usual manner with the main power line (not shown).

By the foregoingconstruction and arrangement, the transcribing device may be mounted in easy reach ofthe operator of the typewriter for the insertion or removal of the recording cylinders, which when not in use are stored in the end compartments l2 and I3. And the cords and cables are enclosed in the main so that they are out of sight and out of the way of the operator.

We claim as our invention: I

In combination with a typewriter desk having a typewriter platform, a unit for supporting a transcribing device on said desk in close association to said platform, said unit having a hollow base, cords including a power line cord, a foot control cord, and an ear piece cord adapted for connection to said transcribing device, said foot control cord descending through said hollow base and down below said platform, said ear piece cord descending through said hollow-base and then transversely below said platform in close association therewith and extending beyond said platform, the inlet end of said power line cord being housed in said hollow base, and said hollow base and platform being provided with suitable openings for threading said several cords in the manner described whereby said cords are held from interference with the movement of the operator.

JOHN S. BURDICK. CARL S. FAIRBANK. 

